Risk Management for Patient Safety in Clinical Engineering

This webinar will explore Risk Management as applicable to Clinical Engineering, including the context of a risk vs. a hazard. Strategies for identifying patient safety risks and designing mitigation strategies will be discussed as well as a case study of risk assessment in practice.

Topics and Speakers:

1. Clinical Engineering: a patient safety critical profession – Meabh Smith; Medical device integration Lead, Health Service Executive.
2. Clinical examples of patient safety risks in radiotherapy – John McGivney; Head of Radiotherapy ICT and Clinical Engineering, St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network.
3. Risk assessment in practice case study – Anthony McDonagh; Senior Clinical Engineer, Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Galway University Hospitals.

Registration is through the BEAI website here